Driveshaft yoke question

mbalbritton

mbalbritton

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Anyone ever had a problem with a drive shaft yoke that you just couldn't get the U-Joint to move freely?

I've tried 3-4 ujoints just to make sure, but I'm starting to think the yoke might be tweaked. I can get both caps in nice and easy get one clip seated and when I go to put the second clip in, it starts to jam the joint up where it won't move freely. I'm talking literally a pubic hair thickness of difference in being able to seat the clip.

I've scraped and scrubbed the groove out clean, no dice. I've smacked the yoke with a sledge to relieve tension from installing the caps. Nothing. Take the clip out and give it a slight smack and the joint moves free but I can't quite seat the clip. Tap the cap back in just enough to seat the clip and the joint binds up again.

Thoughts, solutions?
 
Take a hair of material off the end of the cap(s). We run into this daily, not all castings are identical, so the tolerances vary.
 
No problem, hope that works.
 
mbalbritton said:
Anyone ever had a problem with a drive shaft yoke that you just couldn't get the U-Joint to move freely?

I've tried 3-4 ujoints just to make sure, but I'm starting to think the yoke might be tweaked. I can get both caps in nice and easy get one clip seated and when I go to put the second clip in, it starts to jam the joint up where it won't move freely. I'm talking literally a pubic hair thickness of difference in being able to seat the clip.

I've scraped and scrubbed the groove out clean, no dice. I've smacked the yoke with a sledge to relieve tension from installing the caps. Nothing. Take the clip out and give it a slight smack and the joint moves free but I can't quite seat the clip. Tap the cap back in just enough to seat the clip and the joint binds up again.

Thoughts, solutions?
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Take it to Olivers and have them do it, problem solved.....
 
I generally buy Spicer joints and they usually come with about a dozen clips of varying thicknesses for just such an even! :D
 
Croatan_Kid said:
I generally buy Spicer joints and they usually come with about a dozen clips of varying thicknesses for just such an even! :D
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Only their solid joints come with multiple clips, but that does help in some situations.
 
Yup, they are a couple thousandths different, ususally different colors.
 
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